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diff --git a/posts/homeauto.md b/posts/homeauto.md index 2eddde3..ee5cd0c 100644 --- a/posts/homeauto.md +++ b/posts/homeauto.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ [meta]: <subtitle> (How to make your house a shitty utopia) [meta]: <author> (Loek) [meta]: <date> (August 17 2021) -[meta]: <tags> (home automation, raspberry pi, software, hardware, hacking) +[meta]: <tags> (home automation, raspberry pi, esp8266, cc2500, microcontrollers, software, hardware, hacking) [meta]: <cover> (/img/homeauto.png) Home automation is cool, but it can also be scary. I want to try to convert my @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The devices I'm going to try to automate are: - A gen 1 Philips LivingColors lamp from 2008 - My Toshiba RAS-M10GKV-E2 air conditioning unit -## The bluetooth RGB lamp +## Bluetooth RGB lamp This lamp is apparently another Chinese product that gets rebranded and sold under different names. I bought mine as the "[Shada led's @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ plugin code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/lonkaars/homeassistant-beken) and [my personal git server](https://git.pipeframe.xyz/lonkaars/homeassistant-beken/about). -## The RGB gamer bed +## RGB gamer bed I was originally planning to control this strip using IR remote emulation, but I remembered a friend of mine still had an esp8266 laying around. So I went the @@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ over WiFi. The schematic I'm using comes from  ---- photo of thing in breadboard --- - ---- photo of thing in perfboard --- +The whole solder job was a complete massacre, and I really don't want to show +it. It does work though, but I had to buy a new soldering station because my +old soldering iron wasn't really fit for soldering small electronics. ### Beautiful dremel work @@ -141,7 +141,11 @@ time, so I used my dad's dremel to create holes for the esp to fit. As you can see I did a great job :^) ---- photo of perfboard in case --- +The esp is still at the bottom of the case, but getting everything to fit +inside was so hard that I completely forgot to take pictures. So here's a +picture of the finished controller mounted under my bed using two small nails: + + ### ESP firmware @@ -180,10 +184,10 @@ these features, but I wanted to have a go at writing my own firmare anyways. Because the esp8266 is a pretty basic microcontroller, it doesn't use https or ssl for encryption. To protect from people in my house wanting to control my -lights, I used the raspberry pi's on board wifi module to create a hidden +lights, I used the raspberry pi's onboard wifi module to create a hidden private isolated wifi network for this, and all future IoT devices in my bedroom. I'm using `hostapd` to create the wifi network, and `dnsmasq` for -assigning ip addresses and hostname resolution. Here's the config file for +assigning ip addresses and hostname resolution. Here's the config file for `dnsmasq`: ``` @@ -218,12 +222,12 @@ ht_capab=[HT40+][SHORT-GI-20][DSSS_CCK-40] Very complicated stuff... -## The Philips LivingColors lamp +## Philips LivingColors lamp [This](http://www.knutsel.org/2009/01/01/livingcolors-1st-generation/) article describes all the research that went into reverse-engineering the lamp. -## The Toshiba air conditioning unit +## Toshiba air conditioning unit IR remote emulation with LIRC diff --git a/posts/scoop.md b/posts/scoop.md index 4a35389..aa60934 100644 --- a/posts/scoop.md +++ b/posts/scoop.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ [meta]: <subtitle> (Handbook and quick explanations) [meta]: <author> (Loek) [meta]: <date> (July 22 2021) -[meta]: <tags> (windows, normie) +[meta]: <tags> (windows, normie, software) [meta]: <cover> (/img/scoop.png) Here's a quick reference for returning customers: |